View full sizeThe sinkhole on North Broad Street, right across the railroad tracks in East Bangor.Express-Times Photo | LYNN ONDRUSEK

A sinkhole that opened last summer on an East Bangor road is getting larger and swallowing a traffic barrier.

But who is going to fix it is still up in the air.

The sinkhole on the side of North Broad Street contains an orange traffic barrier.

“It was brought up at the last council meeting,” borough council president Stephen Toth said. “As far as we were told, it’s PennDOT’s responsibility.”

North Broad Street is a state road and usually not the responsibility of a municipality, Toth said.

But everything along the side of the road is the borough’s responsibility, according to an email from Ron Young, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

In the email, Young said a drain pipe in the area has deteriorated, causing the depression.

The PennDOT maintenance manual says local municipalities are generally responsible for storm drainage facilities, Young said. Parallel pipes and curbs required for the storm sewer system are taken care of by the local municipality, Young said in the email.

Toth said in response he will speak to the borough’s engineer and street committee and determine the borough's the next step.